An online petition in July calling for a rainbow crosswalk at Orange Avenue and Kaley Street garnered 2,762 signatures, but Dyer said Esther Street is a safer place for Pulse visitors to cross.

"On Esther, there won't be as much traffic and it'll be a much better place if people are going to take pictures," he said Monday.

Dyer spokeswoman Cassandra Lafser said work on the crosswalk was slated to be done by Thursday. The road is not expected to close for the work, and Lafser said traffic would not be disrupted.

This rendering depicts the onePULSE Foundation's plans for an "interim" memorial to those killed at Pulse nightclub. The update, approved Monday by the City Council, will add lighted seating, landscaping and a new mural wall around the shuttered club. (onePULSE Foundation)

The updates to Pulse approved Monday are part of an "interim" memorial plan to make the club more welcoming to visitors, while the onePulse Foundation seeks ideas for a permanent memorial. A town hall meeting on that subject was held Monday evening.

The upgrades are expected to include lighted benches, a new fence with murals, landscaped planters and an expanded walking area around the club, the onePULSE Foundation's designs show.

Dyer praised the plans Monday.

"You guys have done a fantastic job on the temporary memorial site, making it much more accessible and using the space on the site that currently is not available for use," Dyer said. "It's going to be much more friendly, I think, to the public that are coming there."